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psa-stt-mram solution for extended temperature stability

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psa-stt-mram solution for extended temperature stability
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Date
2021
Date
 
Auteurs
Lequeux,- S | Almeida,- T | Cacoilo,- N | Palomino,- A | Prejbeanu,- IL | Sousa,- RC | Cooper,- D | Dieny,- B |
Source
IEEE Int. Mem. Workshop, IMW - Proc.
Résumé
The concept of Perpendicular Shape Anisotropy (PSA) spin transfer torque (STT) MRAM has been recently proposed as a solution to achieve downsize scalability of MRAM below sub-10 nm technology nodes, down to 3-4 nm cell size lateral dimensions. In conventional p-STT-MRAM, at sub-20 nm diameters, the perpendicular anisotropy arising from the MgO/CoFeB interface becomes too weak to ensure sufficient stability of the storage layer magnetization. In addition, this interfacial anisotropy decreases rapidly with increasing temperature, resulting in a significant drawback for applications having to operate on a wide temperature range. Here, we combine both coercivity and electron holography measurements as function of temperature to show that in a PSA storage layer, the source of anisotropy is much more robust versus temperature compared to the interfacial anisotropy of conventional STT-MRAM stacks. This allows to considerably reduce the temperature dependence of coercivity. This property is quite beneficial for applications having to operate on an extended temperature range, such as automotive (-40°C to 150°C), or to fulfill solder reflow compliance requiring 1 minute retention at 260°C. © 2021 IEEE.
DOI
10.1109/IMW51353.2021.9439609
Type de documents
conference
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